John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger And Pioneer Ranchman.

CHUCK PARSONS

Publication: Texas A & M University Press, 2007, College Station

First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the title page. Cloth, xv [3], 150 pp., frontispiece [portrait], foreword, preface, illustrated, plates, portrait, map, afterword, appendices, notes, selected bibliography, index. "Serving in the Rangers' famed Frontier Battalion from 1875 to 1878, Armstrong rode with Captain L. H. McNelly in the capture of King Fisher, was called to Round Rock when Sam Bass was cornered, and helped patrol the region caught in the Taylor-Sutton Feud. His more lasting legacy, though, was as founder of the Armstrong Ranch in the 1880s, an organization that remains important to this day." Fine in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 52610